RESUMEN
Background: appendicitis is the inflammation of appendix which requires appendectomy for treatment. Appendectomy involves the surgical removal of the appendix. Early diagnosis and early appendectomy performing results in a good outcome of the surgery. The traditional strategy was an open surgery, while the modern one is laparoscopic appendectomy. However both have complications
Aim of the work: this study aimed to investigate the predictors of length stay, complications and patient satisfaction after performing an appendectomy
Methods: this study based on a simple online survey which composed of 2 parts. The data were collected using an excel sheet and analyzing data were performed using SPSS
Results: complication after surgery included presence of abscess which represented 88.7%, suffering from complications which represented 69.3% and wound infection which represented 5.7%. The range of hospital stay was 1 to 10 days with a mean+/- SD of 3.9+/- 2.4 days. 39.6% of participants had good satisfaction, 35.8% had very good satisfaction, and 15.1% and 9.4% had a fair and bad level of satisfaction. Males had mean+/- SD of hospital stay = 4.69 days, while females had mean+/- SD 2.9 days. Mean +/- SD of hospital stay for patients with chronic diseases was 5.14+/-2.34, while for those without chronic diseases it was 3.56+/-2.31
Conclusion: the most common complication for appendectomy was abscess after the operation, individuals reported good level of satisfaction. Male gender had chronic disease were associated with longer hospital stay